Posted on 03/31/2005 7:39:11 AM PST by 1stFreedom
For over a decade I’ve tried to convince people in the pro-life movement that leaving the Republican Party wasn’t a good move. The past few days has changed my mind, and I started to write this article when the news broke that Terri died.
Florida has shown us that the best that the GOP has to offer is a losing strategy.
For decades abortion has remained “legal” due to the same problems which were present in Florida: an arrogant judiciary and an unwilling executive branch.
The call for Jeb to refuse to enforce the illicit orders of Judge Greer went unheeded. As a direct result, Jeb’s actions sanctioned the starvation of Terri Schiavo. His Pontius Pilate approach to saving her life hasn’t fooled the pro-life base.
His public denial that there wasn’t anything more he could do was a slap in the face to the pro-life movement and to Terri’s parents. It is well known that he indeed had these ORDINARY powers as the Governor of the State of Florida.
If this is the strategy the GOP has to reign in the Judiciary, then it’s time to find another party. It is simply not acceptable that someone could be starved to death in the United States of America with “legal” sanction.
But where does one go? Many of the alternative parties are too idealistic or too focused on history to reach a broad spectrum of people. And some of the names are quite silly….
In my mind, an ideal third party candidate would appeal to socially conservative Republicans, Regan democrats, and minorities. A coalition party can indeed win…
What are your thoughts?
One word: NYET!
My thoughts include visions of the weirdos over at DU rubbing their hands together in glee.
Hell, I'm a Democrat who just joined the GOP last week.
I would stick with the Republicans.
Start a new party... it's been proven time and time again that there is a huge underrepresented segment of the electorate just waiting to vote against the establishment if given a chance.
They are.
Constitution party (Michael Peroutka) is where it's at.
Where would you go? Or maybe just stick your head in the sand and hope for the best.
If it were up to me, the smell of ozone would be filling the air right about now.
But then, I don't have that power. We can always hope, though. ^^
Where do you suggest we go?
No. It's time to CHANGE the GOP.
If every prolifer in the nation got involved, voted in primaries and volunteered for campaigns, we could rid our party of the fifth column that has invaded it.
It takes hard work. I've already sacrificied a previous career and ten good years of my life for this.
Sick... Real sick...
What are you doing to put the GOP where you want it?
But time to not give them any benefit of the doubt.
Time to understand they don't make all that much a difference.
When the lefties start Bush impeachment proceedings to get even for Clinton, less people will care and come to his support.
Don't complain anymore.
We get what we deserve.
Where is that image of the gun bent backward to shoot the shooter? I think it would be appropriate here.
Vote for Perot.
lol!!!!!
Leave and go where? What other political party did more for Terri? Not to mention, how much will the pro-life movement gain if politicians like Hillary get elected because lots of people don't vote GOP?
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